By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP PMI sent me the following email earlier this week.  The subject is important enough I wanted to post it here in its entirety.  It was sent to all PMI Credential holders so I’m sure PMI won’t mind this repost. *   *   *   *   * Dear PMI Credential Holders: PMI...
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  By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP PMI certified PMPs must demonstrate continual learning to satisfy PMIs Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program.  The PMI CCR requires PMP professionals to earn and report at least 60 Professional Development Units during each three year CCR cycle. A PDU is 1 hour spent in a planned and structured...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP The PMBOK, PMI’s Project Management Book of Knowledge, discusses several forms of organizational structures.  As a project manager, you should be able to recognize the common organizational structures and their characteristics because: The project manager’s level of authority and budget control will vary between structures The organizational structure often...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Definition:  Return on Investment, or ROI is a performance measure used to evaluate the net benefit of a project to the performing organization.  ROI is usually expressed as a percentage. Every organization has a wish list of projects that they would like to be implemented, but funding and resource...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Affinity Diagrams are a decision-making technique that helps to organize and sort a large number of ideas, process variables, or concepts into groupings into naturally related groups.  Affinity is frequently used to organize the ideas, opinions, or issues generated by brainstorming. Diagraming is a group activity that uses paper...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Project team conflict can be healthy because it tends to strengthen the team after it is resolved.  Conflict forces people to confront a situation, identify causes, and look for solutions.  Understanding the nature of conflict and how to resolve it is just another tool that should be in every...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Project teams are usually assembled based on the skills, experience or knowledge required to complete the current project.  When the project is completed, the team is disbanded as one of the final project activities during the closeout phase. As a project team comes together, it is likely that there...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP The RACI Matrix is widely used by project managers to identify project roles and responsibilities.  It clarifies team member responsibilities and clearly displays who is responsible, who is accountable, and who needs to be consulted and/or informed of project activities. Responsible (R) – This is the person that owns...
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by john mce The Project Management Institute is a worldwide professional association for project, programme or portfolio managers. The purpose of the PMI is to develop the practise and profession of project management all over the world. They hope that organisations worldwide will embrace their project management principles and attribute their success to it....
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP There are two types of project managers, those with projects that have “gone south” and those that will.  It happens more frequently that we like to admit and it will eventually happen to even the best project managers.  When it does, the project manager should be prepared to identify...
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